Video games as complementary tools for english learners’ motivation, engagement and reinforcement

Abstract

This document of the theoretical background of an internship intended to describe the usage of video games as well as their effects in the students’ motivation, engagement and how these video games can be used as extra tools in an informal educative scenario. Nowadays we are facing with a new population who has been involved in the new technology since they were born, and some other people aware about this new technology, when they were born the technology was not as complicated as now, they have to use it in their real lives, though. These people are Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants. The institution where I work is aware of this situation, therefore there are technological resources to engage students.